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WoRMS taxon details

Primnoa pacifica Kinoshita, 1907

AphiaID

286539 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286539)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Primnoa Lamouroux, 1812

Original name

Primnoa pacifica Kinoshita, 1907

Synonymised names

Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907 · alternative representation

Primnoa reseda pacifica (Kinoshita, 1907) · unaccepted > misapplication (misinterpretation of Primnoa...)

misinterpretation of Primnoa resedaeformis var. pacifica (Kinoshita, 1907)

Primnoa resedaeformis var. pacifica (Kinoshita, 1907) · unaccepted > superseded combination

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Variety Primnoa pacifica var. willeyi (Hickson, 1915)
Variety Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907 represented as Primnoa pacifica Kinoshita, 1907

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Kinoshita, K. (1907). Vorläufige Mitteilung über einige neue japanische Primnoid-Korallen. Annotationes zoologicae japonenses. 6(3): 229-237., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44258411
page(s): 232 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Primnoa pacifica Kinoshita, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286539 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description Kinoshita, K. (1907). Vorläufige Mitteilung über einige neue japanische Primnoid-Korallen. Annotationes zoologicae japonenses. 6(3): 229-237., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44258411
page(s): 232 [details]

basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Cairns, S.D. & F.M. Bayer. (2009). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria:Octocorallia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington DC (USA). 629:1-79. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Hickson, S.J. (1915). Some Alcyonaria and a Stylaster from the west coast of North America. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1915: 541-557, plate 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31547564
page(s): 551, 552, 553 [details]

additional source Horvath, E. A. (2019). A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, Calcaxonia – Part III: Suborder Holaxonia continued, and suborder Calcaxonia. ZooKeys. 860: 183-306., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/34317/ [details]

additional source Kinoshita, K. (1908). Primnoidae von Japan. The journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, Japan. 23(12): 1-74, plates 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7079340
page(s): 42-45 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 1004617, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 1004659, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 1006140, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 1011028, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 1011074, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 1016354, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 1024425 [details]

Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 51283 [details]

Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 56993, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 57980 [details]

Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 58396 [details]

Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 58397 [details]

Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 84870, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 85281 [details]

Unknown type (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 57557, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
English	Red tree coral Pacific red tree coral	[details]
French	corail orangé du Pacifique	[details]
Russian	Примноя тихоокеанская	[details]